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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Slumber

/slŭmʹbər/ · Slum·ber · IPA /ˈslʌm.bɚ/
01 v. i. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
imp. & p. p. Slumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering
  1. 1.
    To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
    “He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” — Ps. cxxi. 4.
  2. 2.
    To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.
02 v. t. To lay to sleep.
  1. 1.
    To lay to sleep.[R.]
  2. 2.
    To stun; to stupefy.[Obs.]
03 n. Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.
  1. 1.
    Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.
    “He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night.” Bunyan.
    “Fast asleep? It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.” Shak.
    “Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes.” Dryden.